Byera Hadley research reports

This paper is concerned with the built and urban environment as a response, creation and a mechanism of Michel Foucault’s theoretical framework ‘Power-Knowledge’.

This project explores the relationship between the two disciplines of film and architecture, the various ways they intersect, and the various practitioners who work in this discipline.

A study of terrace housing, or a housing typology that is long, thin and dense, to address Sydney’s housing affordability crisis, sustainability and diversity.

The case for a new Sydney-based agency, devoted solely to promoting great architecture and design in the nation’s largest city.

This is a study of approaches to mental health and care in the urban environment.

This study surveys Brutalist period buildings within the greater region of Sydney and seeks to share this information with the community at large.

This report is a fundamental questioning of housing typology and explores how the Japanese house might influence an alternate approach.

The NANA project advocates for a better built environment for older people.

This report examines whether the contemporary museum is a public institution, a marker of cultural identity, or simply a repository for art.

A study of the impact of architectural humanitarian projects on communities in developing countries.

This is a study of contemporary architectural projects within historic contexts, framed by the concept of memory.

This is a study of the role of women architects in driving slum renewal in India.

A survey of ocean pools in NSW, which is home to the highest concentration of ocean and harbour-side pools in the world with over 120 in active use today.

This is a survey of small houses, specifically what characteristics of a city produce small houses? It examines small houses in Tokyo and the qualities they return to the street in an attempt to better understand the presence of architecture in a city.

This report examines the role and obligations of architects and citizens in making the city for the
common good.

The aim of the report is to gain an understanding of what gives certain architecture an apparent ‘timeless’ quality.

A study of five urban renewal projects in major cities where the creative industries have been used as the catalyst for change; the Queen Street Studios in Chippendale, NSW, Renew Newcastle in Newcastle, NSW, 22@Barcelona Poblenou in Barcelona, The Old Trumany Brewery in London and Dumbo in Brooklyn.

An analysis and evaluation of strategies for upgrading informal settlements (slums, townships, favelas, and barrios de invasió).